The Pursuit of Acting: Working Actors Share Their Experience and Advice

Kristen is nineteen years old. She has been acting for eight
years, and pursuing it as a career for two. Growing up in Manhattan Beach, her acting debut was at age eleven,
playing Laurie in Brighton Beach Memoirs. Later, she
performed in The Little Foxes, Can-Can, Cabaret, Working, and Guys and Dolls. She had a supporting role in Oswego, which is a new project by Man of La Mancha's
lyricist Joe Darion. In college, she portrayed Mallory/ Avril
in City of Angels and also performed in the Young Playwrights' Festival at the Blank Theatre Company. Kristen
has appeared in many commercials, guest-starred on Saved
by the Bell, and had a recurring role on Aaron Spelling Malibu Shores. She played a small role in the film Dog-
watch, with Sam Elliot and Paul Sorvino. Kristen is currently Ashley Elliot on USA High, which airs domestically
on the USA Network.

When I was little and played with my friends, I would get the whole
block together, set up the video camera in the backyard, and make
movies and soap operas. I love watching film and theatre, and watching
it makes me want to do it. As an actor, I never get bored. Every day is

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